chino somewhat what's in it because i told her this is a story about my childhood and about my growing up in the u.s. and i write about you, i write about my dad. i don't think my mother really understands how, how i saw her as the daughter. and how her actions determined my childhood, you know, and now my childhood was really defined by her absence but i don't think she understands that. so i am curious to see what she's going to say when the spanish version comes out. >> the distance between us, has anyone compared this, when i read i thought about frank mccourt's daughter. >> well, hector the rights the reviews for the "l.a. times," that's what he compared it to in his review. and i was just like beyond honored to be even in the same sentence as angela because that's such a wonderful book, and it's one of my favorite books. and for someone to say that my book is the angela of the mexican immigrant experience, i was just really thrilled. there are similarities, you know. i mean, we both talk about poverty, about our relationships with our parents, with just struggling to overcome, yo